News 

Happenings

 Bowie Gridley Architects will be exhibiting at the TABS  Annual Conference – Rising to the Challenge, to be held at the Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile, December 3-5, 2009.

Members of the Boarding School and Independent School Community are encouraged to stop by Table #60, to visit with BGA professionals and learn about new and innovative ideas for planning and design of academic, arts, athletic and student life facilities.



After great success last year, Bowie Gridley Architects is participating in the Washington Architectural Forum’s Architecture in the Schools program. Now in its 16th year, AIS reaches over 350 students in DC and Northern Virginia public schools each semester. BGA volunteers are team teaching a 2nd grade class at the Burville Elementary School. Our team will include Karen Andrews,
Denise Blancher, Heather Eisinger, Erin Hamilton, Kevin Moran, Kevin Nigri, Cheryl Waller, Michael Wnuk and Joe Williams. For more information on the program please visit the Architecture in Schools website by
clicking here.



Shady Side Academy’s Rowe Hall Renovation Project, Pittsburgh, PA was honored with Gold Level LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.  Situated in the center of the Academic Quad of Shady Side Academy’s Senior School Campus, Rowe Hall serves as the main academic classroom building on campus.  The new facilities provide expanded academic and student gathering spaces, while preserving and enhancing the historic architectural style of the campus.

Design features that contributed to the building’s Gold Level LEED Certification include: site planning that promotes carpooling and alternate modes of transportation; re-use of existing building materials; extensive use of perimeter day-lighting to reduce overall energy requirements, and a comprehensive signage program to educate occupants and visitors of the benefits of green building. Here are some photos of the completed project.

 


 Staff News

Denise L. Blancher recently passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Exam for Interior Designers and has received the designation NCIDQ Licensed Interior Designer. Denise has over 10 years of experience in interior design encompassing large academic projects, hospitality, residential, and commercial work.

She is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where she received her Bachelor's Degree, and is a member of the Junior League of Washington, where she served as Committee Chair Member Communications from 2005-2006. She is a Junior Member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, and served as Librarian of the Washington DC Chapter from 2006-2007. She is also a member of the Texas Society of Washington, DC and the National Capital Chapter of the University of Alabama.

 

Projects On The Boards

University of Virginia Bookstore

Charlottesville, VA

 

Bowie Gridley Architects is working on a feasibility study for an addition to the University of Virginia Bookstore. The 20,000 to 30,000 sf addition will provide the current bookstore with added retail and office space.

 

St. John's Catholic Prep
Fredrick, MD

Bowie Gridley Architects was recently selected to design this new high school in Frederick. The first phase, encompassing approximately 60,000 sf will include classrooms, library, administrative space, a multipurpose gymnasium as well as outdoor playing fields

Savoy Elementary School
Washington, DC

Bowie Gridley Architects is working with DC Public Schools to design a renovation to this outdated facility in Anacostia. Part of the project includes a shared recreation center that will provide community and school gymnasium facilities for Savoy and the neighboring Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School.

Chevy Chase Club
Chevy Chase, MD

Bowie Gridley Architects is working on a redesign of the Club’s outdoor tennis and swimming facilities. The project includes a redesign of the swimming pools and tennis courts as well as a 9,000 sf Tennis/Pool House. The building houses the Tennis Pro Shop, Tennis Administrative Spaces and Locker Rooms.


Projects In Construction

George School Library

Newtown, PA

 

The George School, a Quaker Independent secondary school located in Bucks County, PA is working with Bowie Gridley Architects on the design of a new library. The 27,000sf facility will provide a large studying area, classrooms, outdoor seating, coffee bar and conference center for the school community to use.
 


 

 

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